National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is on a decadeslong project to walk from East Africa to South America. In his 13 ...

The existential question of which countries are the oldest has long intrigued historians, and for good reason. However, defining what makes a country "old" is challenging, as it depends on historical ...

In late 2025, Israel officially announced its recognition of Somaliland, a self-declared independent region in northern Somalia that has asserted its sovereignty since 1991 but remains largely ...

CROWNS, gold-trimmed capes, incense and chanting.No, it’s not a movie set or a scene from King Charles III’s coronation, but ...

Following the teachings of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Marilyn Silverstone devoted the last twenty years of her eventful life to ...

When Ethiopia's prime minister received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, it reflected global optimism that one of the Horn of Africa's pivotal states had chosen institutional peace over militarized ...

Diplomacy prides itself on nuance, yet there are moments when nuance collapses under the weight of geography. Israel's recognition of Somaliland was not a symbolic flourish; it was a geopolitical ...

A partial lower jaw discovered in Afar, Ethiopia expands the known geographic distribution of Paranthropus northward by 1000 km, revealing the genus to be more widespread and adaptively versatile than ...

Zimbabwe’s economic predicament is often attributed to currency instability, sanctions, or governance failures. While these ...

Africa gradually pulled apart along the East African rift, a slow tectonic shift that could have formed a new ocean and ...

Where tourists map end and the the fences begin, lie places that aren't marketed, photographed, or casually stumbled into, ...

The Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) has responded to the recent social media controversy surrounding the change of ...